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15 hours ago

Arthur Koumoukelis joins TGLT to lead Retirement Village Rollovers practice

Aged care and retirement living lawyer Arthur Koumoukelis has joined TG Legal + Technology (TGLT) as Principal Lawyer, where he will head the firm’s growing Retirement Village Rollovers practice.

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Retirement and Community Living

15 hours ago

Pariter launches sales for $160M golf club retirement community in Sydney’s west

The first 40 of 228 retirement apartments are now on the market as Pariter and Cumberland Country Golf Club launch their joint venture at Greystanes, 25km west of Sydney’s CBD.

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16 hours ago

Seniors living consultancy Ethos Urban rebrands as Colliers Urban Planning

Ethos Urban, one of Australia’s leading planning and urban development consultancies with a strong footprint in seniors housing, has taken on a new identity as Colliers Urban Planning.

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16 hours ago

Selling

Encore Living begins construction on new Paynesville retirement village

Encore Living has started construction on its latest retirement community in Paynesville, Victoria, a lakeside town 293km east of Melbourne’s CBD.

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16 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

Eureka’s all-age rental model expands into WA with $22.5M buy

Eureka Group Holdings has made its biggest move since Simon Owen took the helm, paying $22.5 million for Hillside Garden Village in Mount Richon, 30km southeast of Perth’s CBD.

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17 hours ago

SA’s largest retirement living operator and home care provider ECH appoints new CEO

Alan Morrrison, the Chief Executive Officer of the private Burnside Hospital in Adelaide and Deputy Chair of HESTA Super Fund, has been appointed Chief Executive of the profit-for-purpose organisation founded in 1964. He will assume his role in...

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02 Oct 2025

Redevelopments

Anglicare to bring aged care home in Sydney’s northwest back to life

Not For Profit faith-based operator Anglicare Sydney today announced it has signed a lease for the former Wesley Rayward site in Carlingford, 22km northwest of Sydney’s CBD, which will be recommissioned and is expected to welcome new residents into 74 rooms in 2026.

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Retirement and Community Living

02 Oct 2025

Village sector only stronger 12 months after ABC 7.30’s Retirement Rip-Off story: RLC

Retirement Living Council Executive Director Daniel Gannon, who was interrupted 78 times after agreeing to talk to ABC 7.30 reporter Adele Ferguson 12 months ago, said “Rather than retreat, the Retirement Living Council tackled fiction with facts - and trhe industry stood united.“

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30 Sep 2025

Opinion

New retirement report’s golden nugget for village operators is on the final page

There is one sentence on Page 15 of the Downsizing Australia report by ASX-listed land lease community operator GemLife and the leading property website realestate.com.au that should be read by all operators: “For downsizers, the home itself must feel like an upgrade, not a compromise,?”

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Redevelopments

Keyton transforms vacant serviced apartments into new units at Melbourne retirement village

Keyton has welcomed its first residents into 25 newly built independent living apartments at Forest Hills, its retirement village in Nunawading, 18km east of Melbourne’s CBD.

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Oliver Luckhurst-Smith steps up as RLC’s National Policy Director for Retirement Living

The Property Council of Australia’s Retirement Living Council has promoted Oliver Luckhurst-Smith from National Policy Manager to National Policy Director, recognising his growing role in shaping the sector’s advocacy agenda.

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International

US manufactured home sector tipped to hit US$18.9B by 2030 – Australia’s land lease market not far behind

Australia’s land lease community sector was valued at $13.5 billion in 2024 – and now its US equivalent, the manufactured homes market, is forecast to grow from US$13.74 billion in 2025 to US$18.92 billion by 2030.

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